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I still listen to Bagel Radio, much better than any of the music subscription services. Loads of music I discovered, which I wouldn't have through Spotify.

aspenmayer 3y ago
I just had a flashback to using Winamp with multiple .m3u/.pls playlists for local and streaming content I had collected and curated. I always liked Bagel Radio and probably first heard about it from the old Penny Arcade forums or on one of the offshoots of their forums whose name I now forget. I also quite liked nearly all of Soma FM's stations, especially the Indie Pop Rocks station, but I feel that Bagel Radio was usually more my taste. I'm reminded of listening to the Dr Demento radio show and discovering a lot of niche acts that way too, and realizing my dad was actually a cool guy for recommending it to me, and being surprised that it was still around as was he, at least at the time. I just looked him up, and he's STILL at it, the madlad. Brings a smile to my face. Music really is universal. Thanks for the reminder, happymellon! https://www.bagelradio.com https://www.bagelradio.com https://somafm.com https://somafm.com https://drdemento.com https://drdemento.com http://dmdb.org http://dmdb.org
- happymellon 3y ago
  SomaFM still has the best Christmas stations when it gets to that season.
  - aspenmayer 3y ago
    That’s a great point. SomaFM is just a great collection of stations. The historical record is fairly clear about why the two stations came under the SomaFM banner, and the fact that they’re both based in SF probably didn’t hurt, but after looking into why they went their separate ways, I still don’t know why BAGeL Radio went independent again in 2021 or 2022 beyond a statement from the operator of BAGeL Radio on a Reddit post asking the same thing. I’m glad they both exist, obviously, and apparently the live nature of the BAGeL Radio broadcast was a factor in integrating it to SomaFM’s more passive playlist-based streaming setup, but that’s all I know.

aspenmayer 3y ago

I just had a flashback to using Winamp with multiple .m3u/.pls playlists for local and streaming content I had collected and curated. I always liked Bagel Radio and probably first heard about it from the old Penny Arcade forums or on one of the offshoots of their forums whose name I now forget. I also quite liked nearly all of Soma FM's stations, especially the Indie Pop Rocks station, but I feel that Bagel Radio was usually more my taste. I'm reminded of listening to the Dr Demento radio show and discovering a lot of niche acts that way too, and realizing my dad was actually a cool guy for recommending it to me, and being surprised that it was still around as was he, at least at the time. I just looked him up, and he's STILL at it, the madlad. Brings a smile to my face. Music really is universal. Thanks for the reminder, happymellon! https://www.bagelradio.com https://www.bagelradio.com https://somafm.com https://somafm.com https://drdemento.com https://drdemento.com http://dmdb.org http://dmdb.org

happymellon 3y ago
SomaFM still has the best Christmas stations when it gets to that season.
- aspenmayer 3y ago
  That’s a great point. SomaFM is just a great collection of stations. The historical record is fairly clear about why the two stations came under the SomaFM banner, and the fact that they’re both based in SF probably didn’t hurt, but after looking into why they went their separate ways, I still don’t know why BAGeL Radio went independent again in 2021 or 2022 beyond a statement from the operator of BAGeL Radio on a Reddit post asking the same thing. I’m glad they both exist, obviously, and apparently the live nature of the BAGeL Radio broadcast was a factor in integrating it to SomaFM’s more passive playlist-based streaming setup, but that’s all I know.